United States

US soft drink and snack giant PepsiCo has moved to quickly dismiss suggestions that it could follow the example set by Kraft and split the business in two. Analysts from Sanford Bernstein... 2011-08-08

The release of Q211 GDP data and revisions to the GDP series going back to 2010 have had a significant impact on BMI's US economic outlook. Taken in tandem with higher-frequency data... 2011-08-04

The H111 results posted by MillerCoors, the US brewing operation owned jointly by SABMiller and Molson Coors, continues to point to very weak demand within the US beer market. For the... 2011-08-03

The shares of The Coca-Cola Company have significantly outperformed arch-rival PepsiCo since the start of 2010, with Coke up by 21% but PepsiCo up by only 5%. This disparity was cemented... 2011-07-27

US private label specialist Ralcorp plans to spin off its Post branded cereals business to focus on acquisitions in the private label sector. The firm said the spin-off is likely to... 2011-07-18

Quilmes, the Argentine subsidiary of Brewing giant Anheuser-Busch InBev, is to invest ARS3bn (US$730mn) in the country to capitalise on growing demand. The government of Argentina announced... 2011-07-11

US hard discount operator Family Dollar has reported what it describes as 'record results' for its third quarter, but which appear to BMI as continued evidence of a deceleration in... 2011-07-08

Shares in US food company Sara Lee are currently trading at a significant premium to the wider US food sector, with a run-up in the firm's shares tied to its plan to split in two. Investors... 2011-06-28

A US survey by AlixPartners supports our positive outlook for the country's private label sector. The survey found that as a result of the economic environment nearly 45% of US consumers... 2011-06-23

Canadian convenience-store operator Alimentation Couche-Tard has agreed a deal with ExxonMobil to purchase of 322 sites and supply an additional 65 Mobil-branded outlets in Southern... 2011-06-22